234 A FLORA OF MANILA 



Commonly cultivated as a shade tree, not spontaneous, fl. June-Dec. j 

 introduced from India or Malaya. India to Cochin China, the Malay Penin- 

 sula isnd Aithipelago. 



2. C. TOKA L. 



Stout, erect, glabrous, rank-smelling, suffrutescent annual 1 m high or 

 less. Leaves 8 to 12 cm long, the stipules linear-subulate; leaflets 6, 

 obovate to oblong-obovate, obtuse, apiculate, 2 to 6 cm long. Flowers 

 axillary, in pairs,' the peduncle very short, the pedicels 2.6 cm long or 

 less. Corolla yellow, 1.5 cm in diameter. Pod slender, up to 15 cm long, 

 S to 4 mm thick. (Fl. Filip. pi m.) 



In open waste places, very common, fl. all the year; thrbughout the 

 Philippines. A native of tropical America, now in most tropical countries. 



3. C. OCCIDENTALIS L. 



An erect, somewhat branched, glabrous, suffrutesoent herb or a shrubby 

 plant 0.8 to 1.5, m high. Leaves pinnate, about 20 cm long, the rachis with 

 a large gland at the base.. Leaflets rank-smelling, 5 pairs, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, li to 9 cm long. Racemes few-flowered, ancillary and term- 

 inal, corymbose. Flowers yellow, 2 cm long. Pods about 10 cm long, 

 9 mm wide, thickened, containing about .40 seeds. (Fl. Filip. pi. 7'^.) 



In open waste places, fl. all the year. Widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. A native of tropical America, now in most tropical countries. 



4. C. HIRSUTA L. 



An ere(it, branched, annual, suffrutescent herb or undershrub 0.6 to 1.4 

 m high. Leaves equally pinnate, 15 to 30 cm long;- leaflets 8 to 12, ovate 

 to oblong-ovate, acuminate, more or 'less pubescent, 4, to 10 cm long. 

 Flowerg yellow, about 2 cm in diameter, in pairs in the 'axils of the leaves 

 or in terminal, somewhat crowded panicles. Pods 'l5 to 25 cip long, about 

 5 mm wide, pubescent, the seeds very numerous. 



Occasional in open waste places, fl. Nov.-Jan. Of local occurrence in 

 the Philippines. A native of tropical Amefica, now pantropic. 



5. C. ALATA L. Acapulco, Capuico, Capurco (Tag.). _ 



A coarse, erect, branched shrub 1.5 to 3 m. high, the branches stout, 

 green. Leaves equally pinnate, 40 to 60 cm long; leaflets 16 to 28, oblong, 

 apex broad, rounded, apiculate, 5 to 15 cm long, gradually increasing in 

 size upward. Inflorescence of terminal and axillary, simple or panicled 

 spike-like, peduncled racemes, 10 to 50 cm long. Flowers yellow, about 

 4 cm in diameter, the buds subtended by thin, yellow, oblong, concave bracts, 

 2.6 to 3 cm lo'hg, which are imbricate and conceal the buds, falling, as the 

 flowers open. Upper 3 stamens reduced to staminodes, the lower two with 

 large anthers, the lateral pairs small. Pods straight, spreading, about 

 15 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, valves with a crenulated, chartaceous wing run- 

 ning from end to end. Seeds 50 to 60, flattened, triangular. (Fl. Filip. 

 pi. 1U-) 



In open waste places, fl. Oct.-Jan.; widely distributed in the Philippines 

 in and about towns. Tropics of the World, a native of tropical America. 



Ca88ia glauoa Lam., a native of south-eastern Asia, was introduced and 

 cultiviated in the old Botanic Garden in Spanish times. It seems not to 

 have persisted. It is a tree, the flowevs with 10 perfect stamens. 



